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breeder

  • noun
  • breed·er
  • /ˈbɹiːdɚ/

A person who breeds plants or animals (professionally).

Other meanings

  1. A pattern that exhibits quadratic growth by generating multiple copies of a secondary pattern, each of which then generates multiple copies of a tertiary pattern.

  2. A 40-gallon fish tank, sometimes used to breed fish that is low in height and wide in length, typically measuring 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 16 inches high, making it and shallower than a typical 40-gallon aquarium.

Synonyms

  • stock breeder

Related words

  • breedermobile
  • breedership
  • horsebreeder
  • mouthbreeder
  • nonbreeder
  • outbreeder
  • prebreeder
  • fast breeder
  • stockbreeder
  • fast-breeder reactor
  • weather breeder

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “breeder” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.